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Your favourite bars in Nana, and why. (Positive only)
hmm, to me Sexy Night means Det 5 at the long-defunct Soi Zero -
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Fear of reviewing stuff because of legal consequences holds Thailand back
You can't publicly be honest about bad experiences with businesses in Thailand without justified fears of legal consequences. All expats shoud be aware of that if you aren't already in order to protect yourself. But the downside of that lets keep everything harmonious is that people are deprived of good information and true competition which raises the standard for all surviving businesses suffers greatly. I totally realize this is a big part of Thai culture. But I also know that Thailand in theory wants to move up the ladder economically. I don't expect this to change much. It's deeply ingrained in Thais from an early age. I don't think it's expats place either to suggest that they change. If they ever do change, it will need to come from within. Anyway, a recent experience highlighted this problem for me. I saw a new to me restaurant on the Grab app but it had zero ratings and zero reviews. I had a bad feeling about it but the menu looked interesting and the menu pictures were inviting, So I risked an order. Surprise, no surprise, the food was below par, very different than the descriptions and pictures, and the portions very tiny. Of course, for me, never again. But did I rate or review it, possibly helping other make an informed decision? OF COURSE NOT. If I had I would have been the very first reviewer and if I had given an honest review, I would have been a legal target of that business for harming their livelihood. So I did nothing. This issue may be less for places that have 20 reviews, mostly good or OK though. But even then, a while back a restaurant that I had ordered from occasionally called me and starting talking very angrily to me about my low rating. This was very crazy because I didn't rate or review the place. So the owners are definitely watching you and they have your phone number! -
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People keep posting, Thailand expensive, but I'm not seeing it!
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Tories Slide to Fourth as Reform and Lib Dems Surge in New Poll Blow
The Labour Gov is on a massive 14% approval rating as of the 19th May............lol https://yougov.co.uk/topics/politics/trackers/government-approval -
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BREAKING NEWS Two Israeli embassy staff killed outside Washington DC Jewish museum
Firstly my deep condolences to the bereaved.well jollie jee deacon don’t ya think our esteemed cos play Barbie the head of homeland security should have been on it ehh?
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